Throughout the 1950s, the Catalina Grand Prix was one of the premier
motorcycle races in the United States. Every year, boats loaded with
motorcycles crossed the channel from the mainland. The races usually
consisted of more than 206 bikers competing in a mad scramble over a
10-mile course that ran through city streets and up into the hills above
Avalon, through the golf course and then back into the city streets.
"This is going to be a family orientated event," he said. "There will
be plenty of spectator access to races... we are bringing back a piece
of Catalina's history and the nostalgia of the Island.”
However,
Mayor Kennedy said the event could have a short shelf life on
Catalina. "This is a one time permit," he said. "The success or failure
of this event is going to dictate whether anything like this happens
again on Catalina."

One of my best of friends and Catalina homeboy Dustin Hiniker will be racing the event.

Hey CoC, here's a photo from Atlanta 2009. I don't have the photos of
the bikes actually in the room, but here's a photo while we were pushing
them in. We stayed in the sketchiest motel in downtown Atlanta. There
were critters all over the place smoking crack and shitting behind shit.
The walls inside the room were made out of cinder blocks and they were
all tagged up. It ruled.